* Jewish Currents last week noted the anniversary of the birth of the late surrealist artist Abdul Mati Klarwein, who created the famous cover art for Davis' albums Bitches Brew and Live-Evil (pictured), as well as numerous other jazz and rock albums in the late 1960s and early 1970s.

* A new revival of Needles and Opium, a 1995 theatrical work by Canadian actor/director Robert Lepage described as "a cinematic exploration of art, love and addiction...triggered by the art of poet/filmmaker Jean Cocteau and American jazz artist Miles Davis" was reviewed by the Boston Globe.